Lottery windfall sparks tale of wealth and folly in Kentucky
A Louis Blate Lottery drawing in Milton Mays Kentucky yields $90,000 first prize. A reporter records one ticket holder spending half his win on a house, team, and investments while keeping the rest in bank under a sworn claim of partnership. The piece shifts to unrelated ads and verse, with notes on tonics, travel tickets, and Castoria endorsements.
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Inquirer
Farmers and Traders Bank
Milton Mays
Te Street
Milt
Howe
Nabore
Ventilation and kitchen wisdom in the home era
A mixed array of topics advises readers on clean air and bright homes, noting dangers of poor ventilation and drafty rooms. It covers cheese making steps, koumiss preparation, and light fashion tips, interleaved with humorous vignettes and domestic anecdotes.
Fashion notes signal tapering jackets and muted necklines
As terms of dress transition with healing term illusions, jackets vanish and shoulder capes fade. High collars disappear while neck dressings shrink. Crepe lisse ruchings wane, silk bands replace details, and necklines shift to short V or rounded cuts for comfort. Norfolk jackets and silk or lawn blouses feature turn-down collars and subtle pearl buttons. Negligée costumes in silk or wool rise in popularity with simple styling.
Nellie Custis and Lawrence Lewis Unto Mount Vernon Life
Nellie Custis, famed for beauty and caprice, attracted many suitors while George Washington favored her marriage to his foster son Lawrence Lewis. A near-miss powder mishap at Mont Vernon later linked Nellie’s fate to Lewis, leading to a brilliant marriage. They settled at Woodlawn between Mount Vernon and Arlington, where Nellie guided a large household, plantation duties, and the education of her many children.
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Margaret J. Preston
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Different Viewpoints Shape How We See Things
The passage argues perception varies with experience and background. An artist and engineer overlook the same scene yet imagine entirely different uses. a college student envisions recreation, a businessman sees infrastructure, and an undertaker imagines a cemetery.
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Teall
Tota
Patrick
A Tomantic Man's Quandary
Three young Indies employed in one of the Mmanti factories to Middletown wrote their names upon a slip of paper and enclosed it in a box which was shipped to Boston. An old gentleman later met the girls, paid attention to them all, and then returned to decide which shall become his wife.
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Middletown
Boston
New London Telegraph
Vermin Exports and Weasel Trade Prompt Public Debate
English exports of vermin exterminators and animals including stoats and weasels to New Zealand rise amid talk of restricting shipments. Districts report sharp increases in rus incursions and a debate over preventing export of rat destroyers. An unrelated exchange hints at broader social chatter.
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England
New Zealand
Riches in Old Hats and a Hatters Odd Trade
A New York paper describes Lew Walker a hatter who buys discarded hats from jobbers and resells them as near new. He handles up to a dozen hats daily, supplying fresh sweatbands and linings, and even outfits smaller shops with his repackaged stock. Connecticut New Jersey and Philadelphia buyers often choose shabby hats to avoid higher prices. The hat trade funds Walker’s sizable bank balance.
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Connecticut
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Alwave
Bismarck's Restraint Dictates a Hidden Mastery
Biographical reminiscences recount Bismarck's restraint beyond appetite and ambition. He reportedly tempered wine and food to reduce weight by seventy pounds and even quit smoking for six months to test its nerves on his hand, then resumed. A physician noted tremor from tobacco and his willpower amid warnings showed a practical, disciplined approach beyond diplomacy.
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Bismarck
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promoted for Blood Purifier
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a guaranteed blood purifier and liver invigorator. It claims to cure scrofula skin diseases indigestion and various ailments, noting its vegetable formula contains no alcohol or sugar and emphasizes money-back guarantees. It lists the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York as proprietors.
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Rey
Orld's Dispensany Medical Association
Main Street
Buffey, N. Y
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